When you have to stop and go down your list of possibilities for why you are overwhelmed

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Why is my brain not working rn?

  • A: Childhood trauma
  • B: Societal division & oppression
  • C: Worried I upset someone
  • D: My hands are wet
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12 Comments

ABCDE@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y

The fucking heat.

Deestan@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

E: I accidentally touched my fingernails while shampooing.

sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Can I phone a friend?

Sombyr@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

You can try.

BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

better text them first

neo@feddit.de · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Your brain stops working when your hands are wet? ... This could explain certain behaviours during the Covid pandemic...

BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Yeah, it's like I can't focus on anything properly.

A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

E: ADHD medication induced anxiety.

Noodle07@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

When you start your morning and the meds make you stress faster

A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl · 2 pts · 2y

Stressing in the bus.

surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

That's one of the reasons I went with the non simulant ADHD meds.

nifty@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Then there’s the magical option Z: all of the above